We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS B-Series and HPE BladeSystem based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Blade Servers solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The hardware is easily swappable and, utilizing the boot from SAN option, you can always keep your server intact due to the service profiles."
"The initial setup is pretty simple and straightforward."
"The stability provided by the product is its most valuable feature for our organization."
"In terms of the flexibility of the tool to adapt to technology needs, I think it is a very good solution."
"It is less time-consuming to deploy the software."
"I like that the hardware is separated from the software definition of the components."
"The most valuable features are monitoring and processing, which can handle a lot of throughput and are more powerful than the HPE series."
"The most valuable features of the solution are stability and security."
"They have served different needs for us from virtualized web servers to dedicated databases and application servers."
"We are very happy with flexible NIC configuration features which are possible if you combine the BladeServers with HPE flex switches in the enclosures."
"The product is quite stable. Its performance is reliable."
"This has drastically reduced our datacenter space, has good cooling and power consumption."
"The most valuable feature of the HPE BladeSystem is the ease of management and the robust design."
"The scalability has been good."
"The density of the BladeSystem, that we can keep adding blades as we need more VMs."
"The product has a lot of options for checking servers and IoT ports using artificial intelligence."
"The UCS manager interface needs to be cleaned up a bit and can be streamlined, but no major complaints."
"The initial setup process is complex."
"The configuration is a bit complex, as it requires very high technical expertise to apply it."
"This product uses a converged network adapter because it is the only way to provide flexibility with both fiber and ethernet connections."
"It should be more user-friendly."
"The pricing could be less."
"It needs a better UI. Cisco makes a great product, but doesn't know how to make a UI."
"The management interface needs a lot of improvement. As it is right now, it's a pain to use. It's not user-friendly."
"The interface in terms of management could be much more intuitive."
"I rate the stability of HPE BladeSystem a nine out of ten."
"I am not sure if iLO is included or if there is a separate license. If it is not included, it should be included in the license. It is such a valuable feature especially because people are working remotely."
"Some part of virtual connections needs improvement."
"The connectivity speed could be improved."
"They could include some embedded software for container technology."
"The problem is that when want to expand with a new chassis, you have to do everything manually. It's not automatic."
"We would like to see OneView software features as an additional feature."
Cisco UCS B-Series is ranked 3rd in Blade Servers with 64 reviews while HPE BladeSystem is ranked 2nd in Blade Servers with 134 reviews. Cisco UCS B-Series is rated 8.6, while HPE BladeSystem is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cisco UCS B-Series writes "Robust hardware and efficient management of hardware, creating group policies, such as scrub policies and maintenance policies". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE BladeSystem writes "Very reliable, expands well, and is pretty simple to set up". Cisco UCS B-Series is most compared with HPE Synergy, Dell PowerEdge M, Super Micro SuperBlade, Pure Storage FlashBlade and Lenovo Flex System, whereas HPE BladeSystem is most compared with HPE Synergy, Dell PowerEdge M, Super Micro SuperBlade, HPE Superdome X and Pure Storage FlashBlade. See our Cisco UCS B-Series vs. HPE BladeSystem report.
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